The dynamics of the interrelationships between human communities and wild plants used as food in Córdoba province (Argentina)
Background and aims: Gathering of wild edible plants has been a vital activity for human groups who lived in Córdoba province since pre-Hispanic period.Considering the dynamism of local botanical knowledge, the aim of this work was to systematize and analyze the information on the subject from diffe...
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Sociedad Argentina de Botánica
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/BSAB/article/view/37473 |
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| Sumario: | Background and aims: Gathering of wild edible plants has been a vital activity for human groups who lived in Córdoba province since pre-Hispanic period.Considering the dynamism of local botanical knowledge, the aim of this work was to systematize and analyze the information on the subject from different sources regarding changes and continuities in the use and social representations about wild edible plants in Córdoba over time.M&M: Both historical documents and archaeobotanical, ethnohistorical and ethnobotanical studies from five periods, corresponding to the Late Pre-HispanicPeriod (LPP, 400-1550 AD) to the present, were analyzed. Taxa referred to as food, organs used and the processing activities carried out, were recorded in order to make comparisons between periods.Results: A total of 76 taxa used as food by human communities from Córdoba since LPP until present, were recorded. Only four taxa were common to all the periods.While some current activities dated from LPP (storage, boiling), other practices are contemporary. Likewise, some practices are not currently carried out.Conclusions: Without neglecting the biases and limitations of the documentation, the similarities and differences in species and activities recorded in the sources, allowed to infer continuities and changes over time in local knowledge about wild plants. Thus, it was possible to increase the complexity in the vision about the dynamism in the conceptions about what is considered “good to eat”. |
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